Tuesday, July 10, 2018

We're well into Summer and the rewards of vegetable gardening are all around with farmer's markets in the country and food and flower markets in the city which is what has inspired me to take my watercolour paintings and create this repeat pattern.

Thursday, May 31, 2018

This first weekend in June is our town's "Arts Alive" event in conjunction with ELAN (English Language Arts Network) and I am participating by having a demo of "painted papers" i.e. gelatin printing on Saturday morning followed by a second demo/mini workshop at Gallerie Plus on Main Rd. These are a few of the piece I am exhibiting alongside some collage work designed for the Hudson Food Collective and their Dandelion Festival. A series of cards and prints will be available at the event.

Thursday, April 26, 2018

As I mentioned in my last post, I had decided to paint this orange paisley pashmina a second time.
The difference this time is that I think I treated it too literally. What I like about the last one is that it is only loosely interpreted. It was necessary however to mute it a bit in order for the tiny florets of the phlox to pop against the background.

Friday, April 13, 2018

Two posts back, I showed a work-in-progress photo of this painting. As much as I was happy with it, the little pewter bird bothered me and I have since painted in out. Because of the placement, I think it still needs something; maybe a fallen leaf or petal would be enough. But for now, I am busy creating a few new paintings for a Spring art show next week. I did like the paisley background, although I favour the left side more than the busier right side.

I thought it would be a good idea to use that paisley background again and now I'm wondering why!?
I think it will work out in the end but because of the lighting of the current painting, the paisley pattern is darker and I still have the problem of the dominance of the pattern asserting itself in the wrong places. Since I have artistic license, you would think that I could solve the problem, but most likely not until I finish it as it is and then decide.

Backgrounds have taken up more importance lately in my painting. I love the fact that there is still so much more to learn.

Thursday, January 11, 2018

I neglected this blog these last few months and I miss it. This painting was a much larger format 30" square and I loved having a painting that I could indulge in. These last few years I have been painting small daily paintings measuring 6" x 6". So time management did get away from me!

I will post the other paintings from the latter part of 2017 in the next week and hopefully will be

Thursday, August 24, 2017

I had to try this subject in oil as I had enjoyed painting it in gouache. This time though, I thought I'd challenge myself and include an orange paisley patterned pashmina as the background. So far so good....

Our local garden club has a flower exhibition every July and this year invited local artists to
exhibit along with them. The theme was Fashion so I created this one using whatever was blooming in my garden (not my strong point) and some perfume bottles I had always wanted to paint. I should really call this one "L'Air du Temps" after the perfume.

There is a slight haze in the lower left corner as I photographed this already in it's frame with glass.

I had forgotten how much I enjoy using gouache and or/acrylics on paper and plan on using this more often.

Interestingly, when I previewed this post, I realized the rose is from the same yellow rose bush and that I had painted a few years ago and which is in my banner at the top of this blog.